Kira x Murrue fanfic continuation - Chapter 2
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Kira sighed under his breath as Murrue glanced at him; he knew that with her being pregnant, he couldn't leave. Therefore, with that in mind, he contacted the Minerva and ordered them to investigate the area where that strange Gundam had been.
About five hours later, Kira received a communications request from the Minerva's captain, Meyrin Hawke. Without hesitating, Kira opened the comm. line.
Meyrin appeared on the screen an instant later, and Kira noticed that she appeared to be slightly worried as she said. "A few minutes ago, we arrived at the location where the Gundam reportedly appeared. Just after we got here another ship appeared out of nowhere, but I've never seen the design before." Meyrin said as she routed the video feed from one of the Minerva's external cameras to Kira's screen.
Kira studied the ship for a few seconds, but he didn't recognize it. The ship had a light blue and white color scheme, and appeared to be about the same length as the Minerva, although not as sleek. After thinking for a moment, Kira figured that the ship was probably about the same width as one of Orb's Izumo-class ships.
"Captain Hawke, see if you can contact them." Kira said, but before Meyrin could reply, Kira noticed that Murrue, whom had been sitting beside him, suddenly looked very sick.
The sickness, which Murrue had been experiencing and ignoring, for the entire morning, finally welled up to the point where she couldn't ignore it anymore.
Suddenly, she brought her hand to her mouth and staggered to her feet. She ran from the room making retching noises as she sprinted into the bathroom, not even bothering the close the door behind her.
Retching. Gagging. Puking. More retching, on and on it went until finally, fifteen minutes later, her stomach was empty; she had a headache and strands of snot fell from her nose. Retching was uncontrollable and involuntary. She finally flushed the toilet, scooted to the shower wall and simply sat there.
For nearly ten minutes, she sat in the shower crying, heaving, retching and gagging, and then when the sickness had finally passed, she stood up and showered.
When Murrue walked out of the bathroom, nearly forty-five minutes later, Kira was standing just outside, with a concerned look scrawled across his face, and she smiled weakly as she walked over to Kira.
"Don't worry, Kira, I'm alright." Murrue noticed that he didn't seem too relieved, but she continued to smile as she tried to reassure him. "Believe me, Kira that is normal."
Meanwhile, on the Ptolemiaos II, the entire crew entered the briefing room, only to find that their tactical forecaster was already in there waiting for them.
"What is it Miss Sumeragi?" Feldt Grace asked as the four Gundam Meisters entered the room, officially starting the briefing.
"There's something I want all of you to see," Sumeragi said as a screen popped up showing an abandoned facility inside of the nearby Mendel Colony.
"What is this?" One of the Gundam Meisters asked and Sumeragi turned to face the one who spoke.
"This is the research facility where the 'coordinators' in this universe were first created."
"Coordinators?" Allejiuah Haptism asked, puzzled.
"People who had their genes manipulated and modified." Sumeragi answered as a picture of a young boy with brown hair appeared on the screen. What really got everyone was the innocence in his violet eyes. Everyone also noticed that the picture was outdated by the graphics.
"Who's that?" Lockon Stratos asked.
"Name: Kira Yamato, the Ultimate Coordinator," Sumeragi said and everyone looked over at the picture of the man.
"So what about him? What do these beings called 'coordinators' do?" Tieria Eride demanded, his red eyes seeming to bore into Sumeragi.
"They're raised as soldiers from what we can tell." Sumeragi answered, but before anyone else could say anything, a voice was heard over the ship-wide communications system. "Attention, approaching vessel, this is Meyrin Hawke of the ZAFT Warship Minerva, please identify yourselves."
Sumeragi sprinted to the bridge, clearly shocked when she saw that the main monitor now displayed the face of a woman, whom was maybe about the same age as Setsuna, if not a little older, but this girl had red hair and piercing purple eyes.
"My name is Sumeragi Lee Noriega, I am Celestial Being's tactical forecaster, and this is the Ptolemiaos II, Celestial Being's mother ship."
"Celestial Being?" Meyrin asked as she calmly watched the other woman.
"We are a private armed force whose goal is to eliminate war."
Meyrin let a slight frown appear on her face as she replied. "Well, I'm afraid that you are too late; our last war ended over two years ago, unless you've brought one with you."
Sumeragi raised an eyebrow, according to what Setsuna had told her this universe was still at war. "No, we haven't brought a war with us, however the pilot who conducted a recon mission for us had reported what appeared to be a massive facility on the far side if the moon."
Meyrin's eyes widened in horror and she quickly asked concern obvious in her voice. "This facility which your pilot noticed, did it appear to be abandoned or were there mobile suits and ships nearby?"
Sumeragi shook her head as she replied. "I'm afraid that the pictures which our pilot was able to obtain show the facility as being very active."
"Not again..." Meyrin muttered before looking back up at the screen. "Miss Sumeragi, could you please send us the pictures which your pilot obtained?"
Sumeragi nodded, then a few seconds later the images appeared on the small screen, which was mounted on the left armrest of Meyrin's chair, and as Meyrin looked at the pictures and tears began to well up in her eyes as she began to have flashbacks of the last war. Her sister, Lunamaria had been killed in the final battle, while piloting the Legend Gundam. Meyrin could do nothing, but watch in horror from the bridge of the Archangel, as the Legend had been speared by a beam blast fired by one of the Providence Gundam's DRAGOON Units.
Meyrin quickly willed her tears away as she turned to face Sumeragi again and said. "You say that Celestial Being's goal is to eradicate war, but you seem to have inadvertently thrown us into another one."
Sumeragi nodded sadly, as she replied. "Well, if you wish we could always join forces with you."
Meyrin thought about the offer for a moment, and then she replied. "Well, if you do join forces with the Minerva, you won't be joining forces with ZAFT."
Sumeragi was clearly confused as she asked. "But didn't you say that your ship, the Minerva, was a ZAFT vessel?"
Meyrin nodded as she answered. "Yes, the Minerva is a ZAFT vessel. However during times of war this ship and its crew changes its allegiance to the Clyne Faction; a group which, like Celestial Being, wishes to eradicate wars."
Sumeragi watched in surprise as the leading edge of the Minerva's wings suddenly changed color, from red to neon pink.
A few seconds later, Kira spoke up. "Captain Hawke, I think that, before we do anything else, we should send a recon team to the far side of the moon, in order to verify that these claims and the pictures are authentic."
"That's a good idea, Kira." Meyrin said, "After all, we don't want to attack unless there is a legitimate threat to peace."
Sumeragi hesitated for a few seconds before she asked. "Kira, do you mean that man is Kira Yamato, the Ultimate Coordinator?"
Kira sighed slightly as he replied. "Yes, I am Kira Yamato, but before I say anything else, let me make one thing perfectly clear; I am no different from everyone else."
Sumeragi nodded in understanding and smiled as she said. "My entire crew has accessed your version of the internet. We have all read about your actions in both of the Bloody Valentine Wars, as you call them, and we would be honored to fight alongside you if another war should start."
Well, here's Chapter 2 in the continuation of my first fanfic.
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